00:00Preparations are in full swing for the traditional kissing of Jesus of Nazareth on Tuesday.
00:06Security is also being laid for the translation on Thursday.
00:11From Quiapo, Tutok Live, Jonathan Randa.
00:15Jonathan?
00:18Ivan, Quiapo Church is full today.
00:20If you can see behind me, people are lighting up.
00:22Even here outside in Plaza Miranda, you know, it's full of people.
00:26It's not crowded yet on this first Sunday of 2025.
00:32And according to the crowd estimate of the police here in Plaza Miranda,
00:36there are already 140,000 people who came here since 4 a.m.
00:45In the midst of the crowd of devotees at Misa Saquiapo Church this first Sunday of the year,
00:51there is a woman who is emotionally praying.
00:55When I found out what she was praying for, I understood the weight of her prayer.
01:01My mother is in the hospital right now.
01:04She is struggling with her life.
01:06I hope that the water in her body will come and go,
01:10and that she will be able to breathe because she is not able to breathe.
01:14When the oxygen was removed, she is no longer able to breathe.
01:18Christy's mother is already 72 years old.
01:21And there are already various complications.
01:23But like what she used to pray to the Lord, she is still hoping that He will hear her prayer.
01:29I know that there is still hope.
01:32There is still hope.
01:34I feel the hope that my mother will get better,
01:38and that God will give us a chance to be together.
01:42That is what I pray to the Lord, that He will make it happen.
01:48If there is someone who is praying, there is also someone who is thanking.
01:52Jenny is thanking her three-year-old son, who came from Himalaya to Dengue,
01:58even though one of the five hospitals that they went to did not accept him.
02:03It was full, and no one accepted him.
02:07They said that there were warning signs that the platelet was too low.
02:13But the next day, he did not fall.
02:16We can say that the Lord is not letting him down.
02:20There are others who are willing to serve the Lord,
02:24like the six-year-old Regine Padua, a Grade 1 student from Rizal.
02:29She is the youngest daughter of Nazareno.
02:32She is here with her uncle.
02:34I assist people to pray to Jesus.
02:41I saw Nazareno.
02:43At his young age, he learned the teachings of the Lord Jesus.
02:49On the 9th of January, there will be a translation.
02:51That is why earlier, the high-ranking officers of the police surrounded the roads
02:56where the procession will pass to ensure the safety of the devotees.
02:59One of them assured that the manholes should be covered to avoid misfortune.
03:05All of the manholes have been covered.
03:07All of the holes have been covered.
03:09The wood and steel that are hanging are being removed.
03:14There are only parked vehicles, but we will be able to remove them
03:19because we have someone to talk to in the barangay.
03:22More than 14,000 police, soldiers, coast guards, and other government forces
03:28will be watching the day of the translation.
03:30It will start on Tuesday, January 7.
03:33The traditional kissing, or what is now called the Pagpupugay,
03:37will be held at the Quirino Grandstand.
03:38The entablado is being set up there.
03:40The manholes have been removed and the water has been filled.
03:43The barricades have been laid for the devotees to line up properly.
03:47We are ready for the kissing,
03:51but we are yet to release our beloved Jesus Nazareno.
03:56The first reason is that we need to give away for the mass on January 6.
04:02But since the explosion on January 7, our beloved Jesus Nazareno has been buried.
04:11Ivan, there is traffic here at the side of the Church.
04:14It's both lanes, even if you are from Loton or from Spain.
04:17So to the motorists, please avoid this area here in Quiapo
04:22because you will be in traffic.
04:24The mass will be here from time to time until 9pm.
04:26To those who will be coming here later tonight,
04:29the entrance will be the same, only at Palanca.
04:31Please do not go down to the side of the Church
04:33because you will not be allowed inside.
04:35This is the latest from Quiapo.
04:38This is the latest from Quiapo.
04:40Back to you, Ivan.
04:41Thank you very much, Jonathan Andal.
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